Public Health

COSMETICS CONTAINING perand polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or “forever chemicals” will be banned from being imported or manufactured in New Zealand from 31 December 2026.

A salad made by a person with group A streptococcal infection and lesions on their hands was among foods implicated in an Auckland outbreak of the illness in at least 48 people.

A population health study released by Te Whatu Ora outlines some of the major gains made in reducing smoking in New Zealand in recent years and flies in the face of the new Government’s plans to roll back the next stage of the smokefree legislation

An unrefrigerated salad made by a person sick with group A streptococcus has been implicated in an outbreak of the illness in Auckland

One in three Australian adults has high blood pressure (hypertension). Excess salt (sodium) increases the risk of high blood pressure so everyone with hypertension is advised to reduce salt in their diet

Cosmetics containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or ‘forever chemicals’ will be banned from being imported or manufactured in New Zealand from 31 December 2026

Queenstown pharmacies think the numbers of cryptosporidium cases in the resort town are much higher than what authorities estimate.

Queenstown pharmacies think the number of cryptosporidium cases in the resort town is much higher than authorities estimate

Two months after copayments were dropped from most medicines, many still don’t know about it, and pharmacists are calling for Te Whatu Ora to do more advertising. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

Pharmacy student Mitchell Wong canvases his fellow students on how university life is shaping up. This month he profiles Faith Asovale Tanuvasa